CERAWeek Podcast with Atul Arya

Angola is endowed with abundant energy assets, but an increasingly competitive market for industry capital is challenging the country to strengthen its value proposition for international investors. Join this CERAWeek Conversation as two of Angola’s top energy executives discuss new strategies to attract investment and advance production possibilities. Paulino Jeronimo, Chief Executive of state oil and gas regulator ANPG, and Sebastião Gaspar Martins, Executive Administrator of Sonangol, explore regulatory and fiscal adjustments, new approaches to technology and innovation, and an agenda to reposition Sonangol as an international partner of choice.

By 2030, nearly 25 percent of light passenger vehicles produced will be plug-in capable, according to IHS Markit forecasts. What electric vehicle infrastructure will exist to support the projected rollout? What policies and investments are needed to achieve cheap, fast, and ubiquitous charging? EV industry executives discuss the future of charging and prospects for an electric transport economy.

A new global map is being shaped by dramatic shifts in energy & geopolitics. Among its contours are disruptions to the world’s long-standing energy ecosystem, a re-arranging of power global dynamics, and shifts in power relationships between countries and across industries.

The United States will inaugurate a president in January 2021 who will steer American foreign policy through a world of rising tensions and instability. The U.S.-China relationship has become the epicenter of global rivalry while the Middle East contends with entrenched conflicts and volatility. Is a new set of organizing principles necessary to mitigate conflicts, placate tensions, and establish greater cooperation in America’s strategic relationships? What are the different approaches that can be expected between a Trump and Biden presidency? In this CERAWeek Conversation, experts in energy, geopolitics, Asia, and the Middle East examine America’s place in the world and the disruptions shaping its foreign policy.

Turkey is positioned as an important nexus for international trade and commerce and regional energy dynamics. In this CERAWeek Conversation H.E. Alparslan Bayraktar, Deputy Minister of Energy & Natural Resources of Turkey examines the country’s agenda to bolster its energy security and strategies to attract foreign investment in energy. Deputy Minister Bayraktar discusses the significance of a recent major gas find, efforts to boost power sector competitiveness, and Turkey’s role in the energy transition.

Strategies for Net Zero carbon emissions have emerged as key roadmaps of the energy transition and for achieving climate reduction targets. International energy companies have charted the course through more diversified portfolios and investments in lower carbon energy sources. In this CERAWeek Conversation, Josu Jon Imaz, Chief Executive of Repsol, discusses his company’s role in the energy transition and the opportunities that lie ahead. He makes the financial case for Net Zero and shares insights on hydrogen technologies, nature-based solutions, and the coming competition as oil and gas investors shift further into renewable energy.

With over half of US states adopting renewable energy goals, and recent events in the West highlighting resiliency challenges, the need for long-duration energy storage is becoming more critical. Matching abundant, low-cost, renewable generation supply with demand requires significant deployment of energy storage, including multi-day and seasonal storage. Janice Lin, Founder and CEO of Strategen, and Geoff Brown, President of Powin Energy, discuss the deployment of “market acceptable solutions” which requires a look beyond current technologies and methods, as well as innovation in regulatory and policy circles to allow real breakthrough solutions.

How does a smaller country face the challenges of climate change and the pandemic while undergoing great change? In this CERAWeek Conversation with IHS Markit Senior Vice President Carlos Pascual, René Ortíz , Minister of Energy and Non-Renewable Natural Resources of Ecuador discusses how the government aided in the response to COVID-19. He recounts how private investment is being sought to bolster and expand all sectors of energy in Ecuador and how coalitions are important to political and business success.

Explore the models of infrastructure resilience against the most powerful force of all: Nature. Eric Silagy, President & Chief Executive Officer, Florida Power & Light Company, and Sean C. Strawbridge, Chief Executive Officer, Port of Corpus Christi discuss the preparedness, crisis management & recovery strategies to protect & preserve critical energy assets when nature strikes.

With more than half of humanity living in urban areas, the future of cities is the future of the climate agenda. Officials from Aberdeen & Cape Town share the journey of their cities towards net zero carbon emissions. Barney Crockett, Lord Provost of Aberdeen City Council, and Phindile Maxiti, Mayoral Committee Member for Energy and Climate Change, City of Cape Town, explore various decarbonization initiatives across sectors and explain how cities are driving change.